As a multi-organ transplant recipient, I chose to tell a story about an interabled queer couple who spends the night together for the first time. Together, they must confront their complex relationships with desire, sexuality, bodily autonomy, and what it truly means to love another person. I spent much of my young life searching for representations of my body and life story in the media I consumed. The film was made as a way to not only make sense of my own story but to help others in the disabled and queer communities make sense of theirs.

How To Be A Slut Without Dying is a dark comedy, body horror film that centers on a sexual encounter that devolves into a medical crisis, revealing how trauma shapes disabled sexuality. It highlights the vulnerability and resilience of the female body, asking: What lengths will women go to in order to feel desired?

As a triple-organ transplant recipient with a history of Short Bowel Syndrome, “Unholy” is loosely based on my experience as a former feeding tube user.Growing up, I never saw any representation of people whose stories and bodies looked like mine on screen. I made “Unholy” because I want to show otherdisabled people that there is space for them in their families, cultures, and religions, even if their practice looks different than others. This film is an ode to people living with chronic illness and disability in culturally traditional families.